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After sourcing Gemenviron and launching nmap2, you do not see the archived data but do you still see the real-time data? If so then the issue is $GEMDATA. Confirm that $GEMDATA is correctly set and that you're launching nmap2 from the same terminal as the one you sourced Gemenviron with (and not through a desktop icon). If that is not the issue, then you're going to need to confirm that the file names (970328_sao.gem) match the structure defined in $GEMTBL/config/datatype.tbl for the product you're trying to use. If datatype.tbl defines surface obs as YYYYMMDD_sao.gem, for example, then your file names will need to be corrected. m > On Thu, 23 Jul 2009, Unidata GEMPAK Support wrote: > > > Hi Gilbert, > > > > You need to type "source Gemenviron" in the $NAWIPS directory (check w/ > > "echo $GEMDATA" afterwards) > > > > Michael James > > Unidata User Support > > I did that, but when I change the reference date to March 3, 1997 > (970328/1200), I still don't see any data. My directory structure is > this under the gempak subdirectory: > > [root@weather3 gempak]# ls -al > total 60 > drwxr-xr-x 15 ldm users 4096 Jun 2 1999 . > drwxr-xr-x 13 ldm users 4096 Jun 2 1999 .. > drwxr-xr-x 9 ldm users 4096 Jun 2 1999 gif > drwxr-xr-x 2 ldm users 4096 Jun 2 1999 hds > drwxr-xr-x 2 ldm users 4096 Jun 2 1999 hrs > drwxr-xr-x 2 ldm users 4096 Jun 2 1999 log > drwxr-xr-x 2 ldm users 4096 Jun 2 1999 meta > drwxr-xr-x 2 ldm users 4096 Jun 2 1999 mos > drwxr-xr-x 2 ldm users 4096 Jun 2 1999 nldn > drwxr-xr-x 12 ldm users 4096 Jun 2 1999 nwx > drwxr-xr-x 2 ldm users 4096 Jun 2 1999 profiler > drwxr-xr-x 5 ldm users 4096 Jun 2 1999 SAT > drwxr-xr-x 6 ldm users 4096 Jun 2 1999 storm > drwxr-xr-x 5 ldm users 4096 Jun 2 1999 surface > drwxr-xr-x 2 ldm users 4096 Jun 2 1999 upperair > [root@weather3 gempak]# pwd > /home/httpd/html/falout/mace_case/gempak > [root@weather3 gempak]# > > And in the surface directory, I have: > > [root@weather3 surface]# ls -l > total 17004 > -rw-r--r-- 1 ldm users 7885824 Jun 2 1999 970328_sao.gem > -rw-r--r-- 1 ldm users 756736 Jun 2 1999 970328_sb.gem > -rw-r--r-- 1 ldm users 1643008 Jun 2 1999 970328_syn.gem > -rw-r--r-- 1 ldm users 4939776 Jun 2 1999 970329_sao.gem > -rw-r--r-- 1 ldm users 679936 Jun 2 1999 970329_sb.gem > -rw-r--r-- 1 ldm users 1428992 Jun 2 1999 970329_syn.gem > drwxr-xr-x 2 ldm users 4096 Jun 2 1999 boy > -rw-r--r-- 1 ldm users 8446 Jun 2 1999 gemglb.nts > -rw-r--r-- 1 ldm users 1722 Jun 2 1999 last.nts > drwxr-xr-x 2 ldm users 4096 Jun 2 1999 sao > drwxr-xr-x 2 ldm users 4096 Jun 2 1999 syn > [root@weather3 surface]# > > Hmmm. So, what am I doing wrong? Any idea? Thanks for your help! > > ******************************************************************************* > Gilbert Sebenste ******** > (My opinions only!) ****** > Staff Meteorologist, Northern Illinois University **** > E-mail: address@hidden *** > web: http://weather.admin.niu.edu ** > ******************************************************************************* > > > > >> Hello Mike, > >> > >> I am helping a friend with a case study. I put his data in: > >> > >> /home/httpd/html/falout/mace_case/gempak > >> > >> My Gemenviron (and .profile) files had the variable GEMDATA and LDMDATA > >> as: > >> > >> setenv GEMDATA /home/data/gempak > >> setenv LDMDATA /data/ldm > >> > >> But now I commented those out and added these enries: > >> > >> setenv GEMDATA /home/httpd/html/falout/mace_case/gempak > >> setenv LDMDATA /home/httpd/html/falout/mace_case/gempak > >> > >> And I did a rehash, but when I typed "nmap2", only my real-time data is > >> shown, as it was before. What am I doing wrong? I am running 5.9.1. > >> Yep, will upgrade to 5.11.4 ASAP. > >> > >> Thanks for any help! > >> > >> Gilbert > >> > >> ******************************************************************************* > >> Gilbert Sebenste > >> ******** > >> (My opinions only!) ****** > >> Staff Meteorologist, Northern Illinois University **** > >> E-mail: address@hidden *** > >> web: http://weather.admin.niu.edu ** > >> ******************************************************************************* > >> > >> > > > > > > Ticket Details > > =================== > > Ticket ID: YMZ-496918 > > Department: Support GEMPAK > > Priority: Normal > > Status: Open > > > > > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: YMZ-496918 Department: Support GEMPAK Priority: Normal Status: Open